On May 11, 2004, pursuant to my authority under the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) and the Syria Accountability and
Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-175), I issued
Executive Order 13338, in which I declared a national emergency with
respect to the actions of the Government of Syria. To deal with this
national emergency, Executive Order 13338 authorized the blocking of
property of certain persons and prohibited the exportation or
re-exportation of certain goods to Syria. On April 25, 2006, and February
13, 2008, I issued Executive Order 13399 and Executive Order 13460,
respectively, to take additional steps with respect to this national
emergency.

I took these actions to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to
the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States
constituted by the actions of the Government of Syria in supporting
terrorism, maintaining its then-existing occupation of Lebanon, pursuing
weapons of mass destruction and missile programs including the recent
revelation of illicit nuclear cooperation with North Korea, and undermining
U.S. and international efforts with respect to the stabilization and
reconstruction of Iraq.

Because the actions and policies of the Government of Syria continue to
pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign
policy, and economy of the United States, the national emergency declared
on May 11, 2004, and the measures adopted on that date and on April 25,
2006, in Executive Order 13399, and on February 13, 2008, in Executive
Order 13460, to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond
May 11, 2008. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the
national emergency authorizing the blocking of property of certain persons
and prohibiting the exportation or re-exportation of certain goods to
Syria.

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to
the Congress.